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Re: [OT] Cable modem problem solved with hub



On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 11:36, Paul Haesler wrote:
> Sounds plausible to me.
> 
> To test your theory:
> 
> Try putting a different NIC in your FW.
> 

The DHCP server at my ISP is hardcoded to give my static IP number only
to requests coming from this NIC. It looks at the MAC address.

Speaking of this I noticed this line in /etc/dhclient.conf

#send dhcp-client-identifier 1:0:a0:24:ab:fb:9c;

Will setting this option really override the actual MAC address? The
documentation is a bit scarce. That would be very convenient. In that
case I can experiment with diffrent NICs without having to deal with the
admins at my ISP. 

> And try putting the accused NIC in another box and connecting
> that to the CM.
> 
I might do that to. Problem is just that I've run out of old pentium
boxen.

thanks oivvio
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